page_title: The Cycle (1975 film)
section_title: Reception
hierarchical_section_title: The Cycle (1975 film) / Reception
caption_attribution_description: "dayerh mina" (Film), 1973.
context_page_description: The Cycle is a 1975 Iranian drama film directed and written by Dariush Mehrjui. It is about a young man who is trying to get money to pay for his ailing father's medical treatments and gets sucked into life on the margins of society, exploiting other poor and marginalized people for their blood. The film stars Saeed Kangarani, Ezzatollah Entezami, Ali Nassirian and Forouzan.
  After years of being banned, the film was released in Iran on April 12, 1978. It was Iran's submission for Best Foreign Language Film at the 50th Academy Awards, the first year that Iran participated in the award.
context_section_description: Like the rest of Mehrjui's films, The Cycle went under a lot of review and many critical statements were written about it at Iranian and foreign journals. The brave subject of the film, the multiple-year ban and the use of commercial cinema stars like Forouzan, made The Cycle the most controversial product of Mehrjui's.
  The Cycle premiered in multiple festivals like Paris, Berlin, Valladolid (Spain), Cinematic Ontario (Canada), Boston Fine Arts Museum (U.S), Hong Kong International Film Festival,... and achieved some awards. It was submitted for Best Foreign Language Film at the 50th Academy Awards.
caption: A scene of the Cycle, the poor selling blood
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